“Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding…”~Proverbs 3:13

Life is about learning. Learning from mistakes, victories and others makes me a wiser and stronger person. I’m always trying to learn things from everyday events. Little lessons hidden among daily events and activities. Some of the things I learn are beneficial and others are not. But as I see it … as long as I’m learning, I’m growing. So here are the things I’ve learned this week …

I learned that the second best job in the world would have to be that of an “official ice cream taster. ” I was asked this past week to be the judge of a homemade ice cream contest. Yip, you read that right. I still get chills just thinking about it. And get this, when I finished … they thanked me for helping them. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I should have had to pay them to get this job. Oh, I know you noticed that I said, “second best job in the world” because the VERY best job would have to be “official bacon taster.”

I learned that sometimes the best compliments are the ones that were never meant as compliments. Yesterday I preached a lesson on a very TOUGH subject. I dreaded it, fretted over it, didn’t want to do it … but knew it had to be said. It was one of those lessons that I didn’t want to preach and I knew they wouldn’t want to hear … but it still needed to be said. When it was over, I had the standard comments like “Nice sermon,” and “You stepped on my toes,” and “That touched my heart.” I’m always thankful for feedback on things I preach, but when it came to this really tough sermon, the best two comments yesterday were, “I just want you to know I didn’t like that one bit.” I smiled and replied, “Thank you. You obviously got the point because you weren’t supposed to like it at all.” The other one was a first in my books, “Dude, you really kicked me in the crotch this morning.” I laughing about that one. BTW: To my church family … please come back next week. I promise no more sermons like that … for a while.

I learned that it’s best to let the kids have their own lingo. I try hard to stay current with the words, music and movies that my children are tuned into. Lately my 15 year old, Connor, has been using the word, “Sick,” in reference to something he REALLY likes. For example, he was at Six Flags this past week and said, “Dad, the new roller coaster is SICK!” Translation, “Dad. the new roller coaster is AWESOME!” I thought I’d mastered the word so I tried it out on Lea and told her, “Hey babe, your outfit looks really SICK today.” For some reason it didn’t sound as “cool” as when Connor says it. I think I’ll let him keep his own word.

Wednesday I’ll give you all the details on the Jesus Banquet and the trip to Honduras this December. I’d love to have you go with me.

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I am a Christian husband and father, who moonlights as the minister for the church of Christ in Childress, Texas. My wife Lea and I have been married for 25 years. We are doing our best to raise our 4 boys, who are all growing up way too fast.
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Laughed out loud at your “compliments” comment…
I asked people to physically get out of their pews one time when I preached and was accused of spiritual manipulation! (No, it was physical manipulation!)
If you ask people to make a change, a difficult one, they will not like it.

As far as teen lingo, I’ve found that as long as I’m in my 30s…I can still attempt to use it and get polite laughter (because it’s kind of like I’m cracking a joke!) But I’m pretty sure that the laughs will stop when I turn 40 and attempt to be cool!

I have. Enjoyed the book tremendously. Hoping to do a bible study with it soon. Of course I loved the first section on Husbands and Wives … but that’s one of the reasons I’ve always loved Proverbs. It’s so straight forward to men.

Oh my Trey you crack me up. With all that you preach about loving your spouse you told Lea her outfit was sick? I think you better stick with the ice cream tasting dude, it’s more up your alley lol

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Here are my thoughts about marriage, family, raising children, humor, faith and the life God intended for us all. I am a Christian husband and father, who moonlights as the minister for the church of Christ in Childress, Texas. My wife Lea and I have been married for 25 years. We are doing our best to raise our 4 boys, who are all growing up way too fast.